Today both Chambers of the Texas Legislature approved the Conference Committee version of SB 2. Primarily a bill about financing Texas education, SB 2 also provided funds for the transfer of non-disaster CDBG funds from TDRA to the Texas Department of Agriculture;
SECTION 32. Texas Department of Rural Affairs: Transfer of Functions. Contingent on enactment of SB1, 82nd Legisalture, First Called Session, 2011, or other similar legislation providing for transfer of all functions of the Texas Department of Rural Affairs:
(a) All appropriations, FTE's, riders, and measures for TDRA in HB 1, 82 Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, for all non-disaster relief funding purposes, including Community Development Block Grant planning grant funds, are hereby transferred and appropriated to the Texas Department of Agriculture."
(b) The Legislative Budget Boad shall work with the affected agencies on an agreement for the proper amount and allocation of appropriations, FTEs, measures, and riders. The LBB shall approve the allocation agreements by August 31, 2011, and will resolve any allocation issues that arise thereafter.
(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall make all necessary adjustments as a result of this section to the bill patterns of the affected agencies.
